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Hugo Destaillats

Hugo Destaillats is a Senior Scientist at the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division, and Deputy Leader of the Indoor Environment Group. He has been a scientist at LBNL since 2003. Hugo obtained a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), and has been a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology and UC Davis.

Research Interests

Environmental chemistry of the built environment and urban systems

Indoor air quality. Sources and chemical transformations of indoor pollutants

Pathways of exposure to harmful contaminants, and the associated health impacts

Development and assessment of air purification technologies

With LBNL’s Heat Island Program, working towards the development and rating of novel “cool” building envelope materials (roofs and walls) that help save energy and mitigate the urban heat island effect

Environmental application of catalysis, photocatalysis and other advanced remediation technologies

News

September 2019:Presented at Symposium on the Chemistry of Indoor Environments, Washington DC. The symposium was organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

August 2018:LBNL Director's Award for exceptional achievement - Societal ImpactAwarded to the Thirdhand Smoke Research Team

April 2018:Presented at the Research Seminar Series of the California Air Resources Board, in Sacramento CA"Characterizing formaldehyde emissions from home central heating and air conditioning filters"